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PUNE: Police unearthed an illegal call centre operating out of a commercial complex in Kharadi for almost a year and extorting American citizens of million of dollars after threatening them with “digital arrest” in fake cases, and arrested five out of its eight key operators on the night intervening Friday and Saturday.Joint commissioner of police, Pune city, Ranjan Kumar Sharma said, “We acted on a tip-off and a team raided the call centre on the night between Friday and Saturday. The search for the arrested people’s three accomplices, including the prime suspect, is under way. The call centre was allegedly…

Panaji: In the peak summer month that witnessed sweltering heat for 12 days, anomalously high rainfall for just four days logged an incredible surplus of almost 1,000%, as the unseasonal total soared to a record of third highest in six decades.On Saturday, with a week remaining for the summer to end, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Panaji, recorded a mammoth total of 436.1mm since March 1.In the past, the pre-monsoon total of 662.2mm recorded in the summer of 1961 was the highest, followed by 591.9mm of pre-monsoon rain recorded in 2006.While an extremely severe storm, Cyclone Tauktae, turned the summer…

Bathinda: With only a week left for the start of paddy transplantation in the first zone of Punjab, comprising five districts, farmers are eagerly awaiting the arrival of migrant labourers.Labourers from various states, including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, and West Bengal, arrive in Punjab for paddy transplantation. Railway junctions in towns such as Ludhiana, Bathinda, Sangrur, Rajpura, Patiala, and Mansa become hubs as thousands of migrants alight at these stations. From the railway stations, they are either taken to various villages by waiting farmers or reach their destinations by buses. In most cases, farmers hire the labourers much…

Lucknow: Groundswell for the BJP-backed One Nation One Election (ONOE) campaign may well be building up. Over 5,000 organisations, including local bodies, lent their support to the campaign, prompting the saffron outfit to step up its feedback-gaining exercise. UP BJP state general secretary and co-convener of the ONOE committee, Anup Gupta said that nearly 5,300 local bodies, including nagar panchayats, nagar palika parishads, nagar nigams, kshetra panchayats, gram panchayats and even cooperative societies, sent their letters of support to the President.”We also collected the copies of their support proposals. This clearly shows that the issue found significant resonance at the…

Lalu Prasad Yadav, RJD president, expelled Tej Pratap Yadav, his elder son, from the party for six years. This action followed a social media post by Tej Pratap. The post claimed a relationship with a young woman. PATNA: RJD president Lalu Prasad on Sunday expelled his elder son and former minister Tej Pratap Yadav from the party for six years, a day after the latter, in a post on the social media platform, declared that he was “in a relationship” with a young woman.The RJD supremo has also distanced Tej Pratap from the family. “Now, Tej Pratap will have no…

Jaipur: A single bench of Rajasthan High Court stayed the govt’s notification of March 27, 2025, which removed Todiyan Ka Bas, a revenue village under the Gram Panchayat Lekhdi, from the limits/jurisdiction of Bansur municipality.Hearing the petition filed by Bansi Ram and other residents of the village, it was noted that an earlier notification dated March 24, 2021, legally included Todiyan Ka Bas within the Bansur municipal limits.As per the order uploaded Saturday, the bench of Justice Anil Upman stayed the notification dated March 27, 2025, which removed Todiyan Ka Bas, a revenue village under Gram Panchayat Lekhdi, from the…

Nagpur: In a move towards creating a more inclusive urban commute, the Nagpur Metro assisted 2,222 specially-abled passengers over the past year, signalling a growing acceptance and use of its uniquely-designed accessibility features, as per MahaMetro data.What sets Nagpur Metro apart is its comprehensive infrastructure tailored for special passengers. All stations are equipped with wheelchair ramps, elevators, tactile pathways for the visually impaired, and dedicated boarding assistance. Each train includes reserved spaces for wheelchair users. In addition, an emergency notification system in audio-visual format enhances safety for all, especially those with hearing or vision impairments.Trained personnel are posted across all…

Ranchi: With Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP) chief Pappu Lohra’s death in Latehar on Saturday, security forces in the state have managed to either arrest or eliminate all heads of major LWE splinter groups which are active in Jharkhand.”The state police are conducting intensive operations against the splinter groups which include the People Liberation Front of India (PLFI), Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC) and the JJMP. The director general of police, Anurag Gupta, has directed that emphasis should be on eradicating the splinter groups from the state as well,” IG (operations) Amol Homkar said.Pappu’s death could be the end of…

Kolkata: The Bengal govt will consider a request by the family of eminent jurist Radhabinod Pal to rename Beadon Street in his name.Pal’s grandson, Sudhi Binod Pal, in a social media post, mentioned that the Bengal govt has already allocated a “huge grant” to the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) in Kolkata to organise a conclave and dedicate a chair in his name.He also urged the Bengal govt, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, and Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee to take up an “unfulfilled request” to rename either Beadon Street or any other important street in north Kolkata…

Mumbai colleges have undergone a significant shift, with unaided courses rising in popularity due to their “industry-ready” appeal and promise of better placements MUMBAI: About a decade ago, in a corner of the economics department at St Xavier’s College, someone scribbled a simple equation on the back of a cafeteria napkin. It was an attempt to put a price on knowledge-how much did a student really pay for each lecture? The answer was a jaw-dropping 65 paise.A lecture in an aided course, back then, was cheaper than a cup of roadside chai. The govt chipped in; education was aided and…